Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/UPDATING,v retrieving revision 1.178.2.3 retrieving revision 1.179 diff -u -p -r1.178.2.3 -r1.179 --- src/UPDATING 2010/06/12 01:55:43 1.178.2.3 +++ src/UPDATING 2008/11/25 14:27:43 1.179 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.178.2.3 2010/06/12 01:55:43 riz Exp $ +$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.179 2008/11/25 14:27:43 tsutsui Exp $ This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for @@ -16,28 +16,21 @@ See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile. Recent changes: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -20090616: - Native Xorg was upgraded. Builds will need a clean objdir for - src/external/mit/xorg. Upgrading a system from sets will not - work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc - subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to - be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz. - -20090530: - pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict - detection. It is recommented to rebuild the cache with - ``pkg_admin rebuild''. - - audit-packages.conf(5) has been superseded by pkg_install.conf(5). - The default configuration is the same. Support for pkg_view(1) has - been retired. The functionality of audit-packages(1) and - download-vulnerability-list(1) has moved into pkg_admin(1), wrapper - scripts that handle the common use cases are provided. - -20081205: - If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and - /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc - set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds. + +20081122: + On i386 and amd64, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including + file-system have been disabled and moved into kernel modules. + Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare + following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel: + + - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules + + - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module + for a file system where the kernel is loaded from automatically + + If you have to load your kernel from file system which is not + the same type with the root file system, you have to load a necessary + file system module manually on the boot prompt or in boot.cfg file. 20080827: If you built and installed a libc from sources between